Lauren F. Friedman
By Lauren F. Friedman
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Food Leak-Free Tomatoes On Way To Israel
Sliced tomatoes get thrown onto sandwiches, burgers and salads, but they have a damp little secret: They leak. The goop that drips out of tomatoes makes bread soggy and takes the crisp right out of lettuce, but — starting next month — Israelis won’t have to put up with it anymore. So-called “intense tomatoes,” which…
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The Schmooze Knicks’ Amar’e Stoudemire Has a Twitter Double
Amar’e Stoudemire was just asking to be parodied. The New York Knick’s out-of-left-field Tweets (e.g. “I’m going 2 Israel 2 study Hebrew. It’s time 2 get a better understanding on who we R”) left everyone (including us) speculating about his possible Jewish roots. Now some mysterious Twitter user has taken this to its logical conclusion….
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The Schmooze Hey, Rabbi: The Catskills Called. They Said They Miss You.
Dear Rabbi: Thanks for the double-bar-mitzvah Saturdays, the two-shift High Holy Day services, the grief counseling, Hebrew school teaching, Torah study leading, hospital visiting, song leading and sermon writing, but seriously now — do us both a favor: Take a vacation. An article in the New York Times reports that recent research has shown the…
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The Schmooze Clinton Wedding: It’s More Jewish Than You Think
As Jews across America wait with bated breath to find out whether Chelsea will join the tribe (next question: Bar Mitzvahs for the children?) and the interfaith pair prepares for their world-famous nuptials rumored to be in Rhinebeck, NY let’s take a moment to remember: Now is not the first time Jewish eyes have zeroed…
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The Schmooze Leader of Egyptian Jewish Community Goes MIA
Roman Polanski, step aside: If we believe the Egyptian press, there’s another elderly Jew on the lam – only this time, no minors and no sexual misconduct are involved. Just a whole lot of cash. Over the weekend, JTA reported that Carmen Weinstein, the leader of Egypt’s dwindling Jewish community, was MIA and had allegedly…
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The Schmooze Clinton Wedding: So, Who’s the Guy?
If you’ve been reading all of the Chelsea Clinton-Marc Mezvinsky wedding news and wondering, “Chelsea who?”, then happy fifth birthday. But for everyone else, the big question is: Who is this Marc fellow, and how did he win the heart of America’s least drunk first daughter? 1) Marc is the Jewish half of this interfaith…
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The Schmooze Torah Animals Fill a Brooklyn Museum
Noah built an ark. Rabbi Shaul Shimon Deutsch built a Borough Park taxidermy museum in a brownstone and filled it, he claims, with every animal mentioned in the Torah — 350 specimens in all. An article in The Brooklyn Ink details Torah Animal World, which will be complete once Deutsch puts the finishing touches on…
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The Schmooze Clinton Wedding: No Comment, Shut Up, Go Away
With the (reportedly) $2 million wedding of Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky just days away, the press is all over this historic affair, spending many hours getting all the deets — or at least trying to. Every day this week, as the country’s best investigative reporters blanket the Hudson Valley, Shmooze will update its readers…
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